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38,696 grants matching “als”
Culturally Appropriate Childhood Obesity Prevention Program for Hispanic Families
$337,546Roger J Zoorob · Meharry Medical College · P20 · FY2010 · MD
A Novel Biological marker and ELISA Assay for Determination of Cognitive Resilience in Alzheimer's Disease
$337,540Desheng Xu · Cognext Diagnostics, Llc · R43 · FY2019 · AG
Clinical Research in ALS & Related Disorders for Therapeutic Development (CReATe) - Administrative Core
$337,520Michael Benatar · University Of Miami School Of Medicine · U54 · FY2019 · NS
Effects of adolescent cocaine on frontal spine turnover, synapses and behavior
$337,512Linda E. Wilbrecht · University Of California Berkeley · R01 · FY2015 · DA
Behavioral Depression Treatment for African American HIV-infected Substance Users
$337,500Stacey B Daughters · Univ Of Maryland, College Park · R01 · FY2008 · DA
Behavioral Depression Treatment for African American HIV-infected Substance Users
$337,500Stacey B Daughters · Univ Of Maryland, College Park · R01 · FY2009 · DA
Mechanisms regulating autophagy in alcohol-induced liver injury
$337,500Wen-Xing Ding · University Of Kansas Medical Center · R01 · FY2011 · AA
Mechanisms regulating autophagy in alcohol-induced liver injury
$337,500Wen-Xing Ding · University Of Kansas Medical Center · R01 · FY2012 · AA
Molecular Mechanisms of pDC Interactions
$337,498Yong-Jun Liu · University Of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr · P01 · FY2010 · CA
NOVEL SECOND MESSENGER SIGNALING IN THE STRIATUM
$337,477Massachusetts Institute Of Technology · R01 · FY2003 · HD
WE PROPOSE TO ANALYZE CASSINI/VIMS OBSERVATIONS OF TRANSIENT BROAD SPECULAR REFLECTIONS COMING FROM TITAN'S NORTH POLAR LAKE DISTRICT WITH RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELING. DHINGRA ET AL. (2018) DESCRIBE THE INITIAL DISCOVERY OF WIDE GLINTS THAT THEY ATTRIBUTE TO WETTING OF THE SURFACE WHICH RESULTS IN BRIGHT SKY REFLECTIONS WHEN VIEWED IN FRONT OF THE SUN THAT RESEMBLE THOSE OFF OF A WET SIDEWALK AFTER RAIN ON EARTH. THE ORIGINS ARE NOT CERTAIN HOWEVER. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD (1) MAP THE "WET SIDEWALK EFFECT" INSTANCES AS A FUNCTION OF SPACE AND TIME TO HELP CONSTRAIN THEIR SOURCE; AND (2) TEST HYPOTHESES FOR THEIR ORIGIN SPECIFICALLY WHETHER THEIR SPECTRA MORE CLOSELY MATCH THAT OF A WET SIDEWALK OR OF LOW ATMOSPHERIC FOG. WE WILL EMPLOY OUR NEW 3D MONTE-CARLO RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL SRTC++ WHICH IS WELL-SUITED TO THIS TASK OWING TO THE NON-LAMBERTIAN NATURE OF THE SURFACE SCATTERING AND THE OBSERVATION GEOMETRIES OF MOST "WET SIDEWALK" INSTANCES NEAR TITAN'S LIMB AT HIGH EMISSION ANGLE WHERE PLANE-PARALLEL APPROACHES BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN.
$337,475Regents Of The University Of Idaho · · FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Understanding the Relationships between Race, Ethnicity, Ancestry and Genomics
$337,472Vence L Bonham · National Human Genome Research Institute · ZIA · FY2010 · HG
SCIENTIFIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: THIS RESEARCH WILL ADDRESS FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF MARS GEOLOGY (SMD MARS EXPLORATION SCIENCE GOAL 3). SPECIFICALLY WE WILL INVESTIGATE THE MAGMATIC HISTORY AND MANTLE EVOLUTION OF MARS AS REVEALED BY THE METEORITE RECORD FROM A SINGLE MARS METEORITE EJECTION SITE. UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE AND TIMING OF MAGMATIC ACTIVITY ON MARS HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR PERIODICITY OF MAGMATISM TIMING OF VOLCANIC GAS FLUXES INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE NATURE OF MANTLE DYNAMICS OVER MOST OF MARS HISTORY. THE MAJOR SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS ADDRESSED IN THIS RESEARCH PROPOSAL ARE: 1) WHAT CAN MARTIAN METEORITES THAT ARE LAUNCH-PAIRED TELL US ABOUT PERIODICITY OF VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AND CHANGES IN MANTLE SOURCES FROM A SINGLE MARS EJECTION SITE (I.E. A VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY) THAT RECORDS OVER 2 BILLION YEARS OF MAGMATISM? 2) WHAT ARE THE NATURE OF MANTLE AND PERHAPS CRUSTAL COMPONENTS IN THE MAGMAS THAT PRODUCED SOME NAKHLITES? ARE THESE A RESULT OF MANTLE SOURCE HETEROGENEITIES AND/OR ASSIMILATION PROCESSES? 3) WHAT CAN THE CHARACTERIZATION OF NEW MARTIAN METEORITE FINDS TELL US ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF MARS? THE EARLY AMAZONIAN SPECIMEN NWA 7635 WAS DISCOVERED THROUGH A PETROLOGIC AND GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY OF RECENT FINDS. THE RESEARCH PLAN WILL SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THESE QUESTIONS BY: 1) INVESTIGATING THE AGE PETROLOGY MAGMA EVOLUTION AND MANTLE SOURCE COMPOSITIONS OF MARTIAN METEORITES THAT ARE LAUNCH-PAIRED FROM A SINGLE EJECTION SITE (E.G. LAPEN ET AL. 2017). 2) EVALUATING THE NATURE OF MANTLE AND PERHAPS CRUSTAL COMPONENTS IN NAKHLITE PRODUCING MAGMAS BY STUDYING THE PETROLOGY AND ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF MARTIAN ALTERATION PRODUCTS AND IGNEOUS PHASES. 3) CONDUCTING PETROLOGIC AND ISOTOPIC SURVEYS OF NEWLY DISCOVERED MARTIAN METEORITES IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY SAMPLES WITH ATTRIBUTES THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF THE PREVIOUSLY STUDIED MARS METEORITE POPULATION (E.G. NWA 7635). METHODS: THE SOURCE LU/HF RB/SR AND SM/ND COMPOSITIONS WILL BE CALCULATED FROM ISOCHRON INITIAL 176HF/177HF 143ND/144ND 87SR/86SR RATIOS. SAMPLES LISTED IN THIS PROPOSAL INCLUDE SHERGOTTITES: NWA 2046 NWA 2626 NWA 4480 NWA 4925 NWA 5789 NWA 6162 AND TISSINT* (*STREWN FIELD STONES). WE WILL ALSO INVESTIGATE THE FOLLOWING NAKHLITES: NWA 10153 NAKHLA YAMATO 000593 NWA 998 AND MIL 03346. RELEVANCE TO NASA SOLAR SYSTEM WORKINGS PROGRAM: THE PROPOSED WORK WILL HELP CONSTRAIN THE ABSOLUTE VOLCANIC CHRONOLOGY OF MARS FURTHER THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE MARTIAN MANTLE/LITHOSPHERE AND PROVIDE CONSTRAINTS ON THE INTERACTIONS OF MAGMAS WITH MANTLE MATERIALS AS WELL AS PERHAPS CRUSTAL MATERIALS (I.E. PRIMORDIAL CRUST) AND/OR HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS. THE SOLAR SYSTEM WORKINGS SOLICITATION SEEKS PROPOSALS THAT USE LABORATORY STUDIES THAT EXAMINE PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND PROCESSES STUDIES OF SAMPLE OR ANALOG MATERIALS OF OTHER SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES FIELD STUDIES OF TERRESTRIAL ANALOGS OF PLANETARY ENVIRONMENTS OR THEORETICAL AND NUMERICAL MODELING OF PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES. SPECIFICALLY THE PROGRAM SEEKS PROPOSALS THAT ADDRESS PLANET SURFACES AND INTERIORS INCLUDING: PLANETARY VOLCANISM AND LITHOSPHERIC AND MANTLE EVOLUTION. OUR PROPOSED INVESTIGATION WILL ADDRESS THESE SCIENCE GOALS AND IN A BROADER SENSE OTHER WIDE-RANGING GOALS THAT RELY ON GROUND-TRUTH DATA THAT CAN ONLY BE OBTAINED FROM DIRECT SAMPLE ANALYSIS (I.E. IN SITU MEASUREMENTS OR ANALYSES OF METEORITES).
$337,467University Of Houston System · · FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
PERLECAN AND HEPARANASE IN CARTILAGE GROWTH AND HEALING
$337,455Catherine Kirn-Safran · University Of Delaware · P20 · FY2010 · RR
Molecular mechanisms initiating cell migrations in Caonorhabditis elegans
$337,428Martha C. Soto · Rbhs-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School · R01 · FY2020 · GM
Regulation of Synaptic Dysfunction and Maintenance with age using Drosophila
$337,392Daniel T. Babcock · Lehigh University · R01 · FY2019 · NS
Neuronal and theoretical analysis of spatial orientation
$337,316Shawn R Lockery · University Of Oregon · R01 · FY2013 · MH
Regulation of adult neurogenesis by opiates
$337,249Amelia J Eisch · Ut Southwestern Medical Center · R01 · FY2007 · DA
Ethanol Effects on Neurotransmission
$337,221University Of North Carolina Chapel Hill · R01 · FY2004 · AA
Astrocytes Producting Growth Factors for ALS
$337,203Clive Niels Svendsen · University Of Wisconsin-Madison · P01 · FY2009 · NS
Mechanisms of Altered Gastrointestinal Dysfunction
$337,125Qiqi Zhou · University Of Texas Med Br Galveston · R01 · FY2014 · DK
Role of atypical Protein Kinase C in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
$337,125John T Chang · University Of California, San Diego · R01 · FY2015 · DK
Role of atypical Protein Kinase C in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
$337,125John T Chang · University Of California, San Diego · R01 · FY2014 · DK
Role of atypical Protein Kinase C in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
$337,125John T Chang · University Of California, San Diego · R01 · FY2016 · DK
Structure and regulation of human factor VIII
$337,040University Of Rochester · R01 · FY2002 · HL